by Roberta Hoffman | Oct 27, 2023 | Poetry Postcard Fest
From Zach Charles: Good Autumn Postcard-ians and non-Postcard-ians alike,I wanted to share a few thoughts on this summer’s fest and, finally, the final product of the tidal chart! Here is my reflection upon completing my last card. 8/24/23 Finished my last postcard. I...
by Roberta Hoffman | Oct 26, 2023 | blog cascadia poetics lab
A HUGE thank you to everyone that attended CPF7! On October 6-8, we hosted our 7th Cascadia Poetry Festival at Spring Street Center in Seattle, Washington, and we had a wonderful time! We are incredibly grateful for every poet and participant that celebrated the...
by Roberta Hoffman | Oct 16, 2023 | blog cascadia poetics lab
We are incredibly honored to have esteemed poet and translator Andrew Schelling teach a workshop this fall on Ezra Pound’s multi-decade, multi-language, multi-faceted poem The Cantos. Registration is OPEN for this wonderful opportunity explore this difficult yet...
by Roberta Hoffman | Oct 13, 2023 | blog cascadia poetics lab
Thank you SO MUCH to everyone that attended CPF7! We had an incredibly enriching and fulfilling weekend of poetry, education and community. Registration for CPF8 is open NOW! Starting this month, CPL will be offering three workshops: Life as Rehearsal for the Poem and...
by Ryukan | Oct 10, 2023 | blog cascadia poetics lab
Thank you Michael Dylan Welch for the Kubota Garden photographs. More photos soon. The 8th Cascadia Poetry Festival is being planned for Nov 1-3, 2024 again at Spring Street Center. Details...
by Roberta Hoffman | Oct 6, 2023 | blog cascadia poetics lab
The 8th Cascadia Poetry Festival happens November 1-3, 2024, right in the heart of Seattle, WA, at Spring Street Center, 1101 15th Ave, 98122. The Official Launch of Cascadian Zen Volume II! We are thrilled to announce the grand unveiling of Cascadian Zen Volume II:...
by Roberta Hoffman | Oct 4, 2023 | blog cascadia poetics lab
Register NOW for Cascadia Poetry Festival 7! The 7th Cascadia Poetry Festival is THIS WEEKEND, October 6-8! Gold Passes are still available, so be sure to register NOW before it’s too late! CPF7 will feature influential poets, scholars and artists from the...
by Ryukan | Oct 3, 2023 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcast
What a joy it has been to meet a Richard Brautigan scholar John Tanner in Brussels, hear him present his work on Brautigan at our 2017 Cascadia Poetry Festival and then interview him on his book about a road trip he took on the US west coast in the spirit of the...
by Ryukan | Sep 29, 2023 | blog cascadia poetics lab, Poetry Postcard Fest
From Ina Roy-Faderman, Celebration and Open Mic! Dear Lovely Postcarders: Bring your favorite beverage and snack to to your screen and join our first of our post-2023 PPF gatherings on Sunday October 1st 3pm-4:30 pm Pacific Time [here’s a handy time converter for you:...
by Roberta Hoffman | Sep 26, 2023 | blog cascadia poetics lab
Today, The Washington Center for the Book announced that Cascadia Poetics Lab’s very own board member Ricardo Ruiz won the 2023 Washington State Book Award for his poetry collection We Had Our Reasons: Poems by Ricardo Ruiz and Other Hardworking Mexicans from...
by Roberta Hoffman | Sep 19, 2023 | Poetry Postcard Fest
From Ina Roy-Faderman: It happens every year: despite my having been part of the Fest for more than a decade, I learn things that really matter. I usually jot them down in my journal or diary and turn back to them when I want to remember. But this year, I realized...
by Roberta Hoffman | Sep 19, 2023 | blog cascadia poetics lab
I had the incredible privilege of interviewing Theresa Whitehill, California poet, letterpress artist and designer of Cascadian Zen. Whitehill will be hosting a talk with Robert Bringhurst on Bioregional Typography at the 7th Cascadia Poetry Festival on October 6-8....
by Roberta Hoffman | Sep 18, 2023 | blog cascadia poetics lab
Register NOW for Bioregional Typography talk with Robert Bringhurst and Theresa Whitehill! We are gearing up in preparation for the 7th Cascadia Poetry Festival that will be held October 6-8, 2023 at Spring Street Center in Seattle, WA. The festival schedule is loaded...
by Roberta Hoffman | Sep 18, 2023 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Register now for Early Bird access to 2024 Poetry Postcard Fest! We had an absolute blast with the 2023 Poetry Postcard Fest, and we hope you did, too! If you have anything you’d like to share regarding 2023 PPF, you are welcome to post to the community on the...
by Roberta Hoffman | Sep 16, 2023 | Poetry Postcard Fest
From Laura Gamache: Reading through my 2023 POPO poems, I notice the joy. I wrote about quail twice, about the lake moving, and the moon. There were a lot of birds — LBJ’s, as my mom called them, LBJ’s: little brown jobsup to the probable barn...
